The most straightforward, albeit less refined, method is accessing YouTube through Safari or another web browser (m.youtube.com). While this avoids the "update" nag, the experience lacks the native app’s fluidity and features.
This is where the experience falls apart for power users:
: You can "Install" YouTube to your home screen by tapping the Share button in Safari and selecting Add to Home Screen . This creates an icon that behaves similarly to a native app. 2. Downloading "Last Compatible" Versions Youtube-- Ios 12
—cannot launch the modern software natively without triggering an unbypassable "Update Required" loop.
If you open the App Store on an iOS 12 device and try to download YouTube, you might see an option to download the "last compatible version". However, many users report that this either doesn't work, does nothing when tapped, or eventually results in the same "Update Required" pop-up. The most straightforward, albeit less refined, method is
Even if your iOS 12 device can no longer run the YouTube app, it still has plenty of life left. The browser method works, making it a perfectly capable secondary device for media consumption.
Open your jailbroken device's package manager (like Cydia or Sileo) and install a file manager like . This creates an icon that behaves similarly to a native app
Open Safari and navigate to a public Invidious instance (such as yewtu.be or invidious.io ).